The construction and space qualification of the control electronics for the tracker detector cooling system of the AMS-02 experiment

✍ Scribed by M. Menichelli; L. Accardo; G. Alberti; M. Bardet; R. Battiston; S. Blasko; Z. He; V. Koutsenko; A. Lebedev; J. Ni; A. Papi; A. Pauw; J. Van Ess; Z. Wang; D. Zhang; T. Zwartbol

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 492 KB
• Volume: 617
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.005

✦ Synopsis

This article describes the control electronics for the silicon tracker cooling system in the AMS-02 apparatus. It also contains a brief description of the cooling system itself necessary for the description of the electronics. The tracker cooling system includes a set of various sensors and actuators which are necessary for bringing the tracker detector to a uniform temperature at which it can operate correctly. In order to test the system performing the various qualification activities we have built also an Electronic Ground support equipment (EGSE). The EGSE should simulate the behaviour of all sensors and actuators previously mentioned.